Erhe Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Erhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Erhe (4,165) may also be a first name.
Erhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Erhe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Erhe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Erhe is the 2,136,387th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Erhe occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Erhe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Erhe is also the 107,602nd most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 4,165 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 2,300,555. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 83 percent live, Edo, where 12 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in China, where 1 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Erhe
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